Korean movies opening today 2016/05/05 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2016/05/05 in Korea: "Overman" and "Midnight in Seoul"

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"Overman" (2015)

Directed by Seo Eun-young

With Chae Seo-jin, Kim Jung-hyun, Seo Young-hwa, Shin Woo-hee, Kim Min-seok-III, Lee Chae-kyung,...

Synopsis
High school gymnast Do-hyeon is ordered to perform community service as punishment for fighting. While doing this by serving as a library assistant, he meets Soo-hyeon, a schoolgirl who borrows a lot of books. Finding her attractive, he talks to her and they gradually grow closer. This love between a teenage boy and girl looks cheerful enough, but they are both suffering in their own way. Do-hyeon's mother, a former actress, can't even recognize her own son now due to dementia-most of the time she mistakes him for her manager-and Soo-hyeon isn't who she's pretending to be. Her real name is Se-yeong, and she's on a mission to understand the reason behind her friend Soo-hyeon's suicide by reading all the books she borrows from the library. Will Do-hyeon carry on with his gymnastics? Can Se-yeong overcome her obsession with her dearly departed friend? Each of them face new choices. A teenage love story and coming-of-age film in which the bright and wholesome protagonists bring joy throughout. (NAM Dong-chul)

Festival
20th Busan International Film Festival (2015)
Vision Section

"Midnight in Seoul" (2015)

Directed by Kwon Joong-mok

With Seo Hye-rim, Park Sang-hoon-II, Jo Hee-seong, Heo Seul-gi, Lee Nan-hang, Kim Yeon-joong,...

Synopsis
A man and a woman meet for the first time in the evening and spend 10 hours together. This is cut down to 116 minutes to create a comical, melodramatic, fantastic movie. In the background of beautiful Seoul and the night streets, this movie portays human's endless passion and greed in the form of satire and sexy comedy.
Seo Seo-hee (30, female) and Park Ho-soon (30, male) coincidentally meet at the Han River bridge and spend a day together. They wander around the cold Seoul city and feel a connection with each other. They had decided to end their lives but there comes a twist with the two of them coming together and they begin the wandering of the scary, interesting and sexy Seoul City.